Rule and pencil holder.



E. KNA'UP.

RULE AND PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 1912.

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EZRA KNAUF, 0F SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

RULE AND PENCIL HOLDER.

To all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, EZRA KNA'UF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of lVashington, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rule and Pencil Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rule and pencil holders, the object in view being to provide a device of the character specified which is adapted to be secured in the pocket of the clothing and carried at all times in such place, the device being adapted to firmly and frictionally retain in place such articles as a carpenters rule, pencil, and the like, while permitting the same to be readily withdrawn whenever occasion requires.

ith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of a, rule and pencil holder, embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section through the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan View thereof. Fig. 4 is a view in elevation of the comb-like rear spring wall of the device.

The holder contemplated in this invention comprises a case adapted to be contained in a pocket, embodying a front wall 1, and two side walls 2 which constitute pocket spreading members, the same being of suitable width to readily fit into and spread an ordinary garment pocket, and having the lower portions thereof made tapering or wedgeshaped, as shown at 3 to enable the case to be easily inserted in a garment pocket, while the top edges of both the front wall and side walls are spread outwardly or flared, as shown at a, to facilitate the insertion and removal of a rule and pencil or like articles. The rear wall 5 is made out of spring metal, such as steel, and resembles a comb, the lower portion thereof being provided with a series of slits 6, separating such portion of the comb-like wall into a corresponding series of spring fingers 7. These fingers are bent at the point 8 to converge toward the front wall of the case and the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 12, 1912.

Patented Aug. 12,1913. Serial No. 683,224.

extremities thereof are preferably reversely bent or curved, as shown at 9, so as to allow a pencil, rule, or the like to wedge its'way easily between such spring fingers and the front wall of the case, in a manner which will be readily understood. The member 5 is provided, adjacent to its top, with forwardly projecting flanges 10 which bear against the inner surfaces of the spreading flanges 2, and are secured thereto by rivets 11 or other equivalent devices, the flanges 10 serving to properly position the member 5 relative to the main body of the case. The upper edge of the member 5 is deflected outwardly, as shown at 12, to correspond with the flaring edge of the front wall 1.

The device, as a whole, is securely re tained in the pocket by means of a spring clasp, bail-shaped as shown, or comprising the parallel side members 13, and the connecting cross bar 14L. The upper extremities of the arms 13 are inserted through eyes 15 formed by punching outward portions of the metal of the front wall 1, while the eX- tremities of the bail-shaped spring clasp are then bent substantially at right angles, as shown at 16, to prevent the spring clasp from working out of place. The front wall 1 of the case is also provided with V-shaped cuts, and the portions of the wall defined by said cuts are punched outward to form upwardly and outwardly inclined barbs or tines 17, which penetrate the clothing and are held in engagement with the same by the spring action of the clasp described, the cross bar 14 of the clasp passing between the barbs or prongs 17 as illustrated in Fig. 1.

In order to accommodate the thickness of the material of the garment adjacent to the pocket, the side bars 13 of the clasp are offset, as shown at 18.

What is claimed is:

A holder of the class specified comprising a front section embodying a flat vertical front wall and side walls made gradually tapering and narrowing toward their lower extremities forming wedge-shaped pocket spreading members, a back section embodying a back wall, the lower portion of which is left free and slitted to form a comb-like spring clamp, .and forwardly extending flanges which are fastened to the inside faces of the side walls of the front section,

the lower elitted part of said ehnnp being deflected toward the front wall and lying and working between the tapering end walls of the front section and forming guards for the free end portion of the comb and the contents of the holder, and means for securing the Whole Within agarment pocket.

In testimony whereof 1 MILK my signature 1n presence 0i two witnesses.

EZRA KNAUF.

Witnesses GEORGE PETERSEN, JOHN A. Fossmm.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C." 

